About
One person building tools for editors, because the existing ones don't fit.
Cinelore is a one-person software company. I'm Dylan, a working video editor based in Seattle. I've cut documentaries, branded content, interviews, and weddings for over a decade. Most of my billable hours get eaten by the parts of editing that don't require creativity: finding the moment someone said the thing, syncing multicams, cataloging footage from shoots I did two years ago.
Every AI-powered editing tool I tried wanted me to leave Premiere, upload my footage to their cloud, subscribe to something, and accept that editor-grade precision comes second to demo-worthy magic. None of that fits a working editor's day.
So I started building tools that do fit:
- › Local files stay local. I never see your footage.
- › Your AI, your call. Use Verbatim Cloud's hosted AI, or connect your own — no lock-in either way.
- › Premiere-native. Plug in, don't replace.
Verbatim is the first shipping product: a plugin for Premiere Pro for transcript-driven interview editing, with native DaVinci Resolve support coming next. Cutlore, the local-first media brain that makes your entire footage library searchable, is in private beta. Final Cut Pro support is on the roadmap after that.
If any of this resonates, or if you're a working editor with a problem you wish someone would solve, get in touch. I answer every email.
Want to try what I'm building?
Verbatim ships first: a Premiere Pro plugin that builds rough cuts from a conversational prompt. Cutlore, the local-first media brain, follows. Get on the waitlist to be first in.